Mini Biography

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson is a british writer, who has written many amazing stories.

Jacqueline Wilson was born on the 17th December 1945, to Harry Aitken, a civil servant and Margeret Aitken, a house wife in Bath, Somerset England. Jacqueline attended Lacthmere Primary School.

At the age of nine she wrote her first novel the story called Meet The Maggots was about a family with seven children. Jacqueline did very well. After she attended Lacthmere she went to Coombe Girls' school.

At the age of 16, Jacqueline studied as a secretary, but them applied to work with the Dundee-based publishing company.

She fell in love with a printer named Millar Wilson. When he joined the police force, the couple moved south for his work. The married in 1965 when Jacqueline was only 19, two years later they had a daughter called Emma.

Jacqueline Wilson wrote many amazing stories, The story of Tracey Baker, won the 2002 Blue Peter People's Choice Award, and The Illustrated Mum (1999) won the annual Guardian Prize

Jaqueline Wilson was also given many awards. In June 2002, she was given an OBE (Order of the British Empire) and in October she received an Honoraly degree from the University of Winchester.

Jacqueline Wilson is still alive today. And is remembered by her incredible books.